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Oct 12, 1900: USS Holland (SS-1) became the U.S. Navy's first modern commissioned submarine. Engineer John Philip Holland also designed the Royal Navy's first sub HMS Holland 1 which was commissioned in 1901. This revolutionary submarine was sold as scrap to Henry A. Hitner & Sons, of Philadelphia, on 18 June 1913, for $100. Her purchaser was required to put up $5,000 bond as assurance that the submarine would be broken up and not used as a ship. 125 years of the Silent Service.




October 12, 1945: Private Desmond T. Doss of the medical corps became the 1st conscientious objector to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. He distinguished himself in the Battle of Okinawa by saving 75 men. His exploits were featured in the 2016 Hollywood film, Hacksaw Ridge.

Doss suffered a left arm fracture from a sniper's bullet while being carried back to Allied lines and at one point had 17 pieces of shrapnel embedded in his body after attempting to kick a grenade away from himself and his comrades. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Okinawa.


Desmond Doss - The Medal of Honor


October 12, 2009: Babylon is the fourteenth studio album by American heavy metal band W.A.S.P., inspired by biblical visions of "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse". The album contains covers of Deep Purple's "Burn" (originally recorded for W.A.S.P's previous album Dominator, but not used for unknown reasons) and Chuck Berry's "Promised Land". Promised Land was also covered in 1973 by Elvis Presley, and it was Elvis' version that the band had in mind as demonstrated by the ending comment "How about one of them peanut butter & banana sandwiches."






The band, specifically the lead singer was probably hated more than Ozzy during the early to mid 80s by Christian parents. By the mid-1980s he became a target by the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), an organization that pushed for warning labels on recorded music. Remember that rebellion era? The band immortalized its fight with the PMRC on the song "Harder, Faster" from their 1987 live album, Live... in the Raw.

For a short period his body guards were FBI agents. Lead songwriter/singer and rhythm guitarist Blackie Lawless (Steven Edward Duren) was originally slated to play the T-1000 terminator in the movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day, but was later replaced by Robert Patrick after Arnold Schwarzenegger deemed Lawless "too tall" at 6 ft 4". Blackie is the only original band member since its inception in 1982. As to what is the meaning of the band name "W.A.S.P." - the acronym confirmation remains a mystery to this day.

The song "Heaven's Hung In Black" (2007) was inspired by the solemn Civil War casualty reports, specifically the Gettysburg battle and the following year with the war still raging on with no end in sight, a short speech by Lincoln on June 16, 1864 which later became known as the "Hung in Black" Speech.

I suppose that this toast is intended to open the way for me to say something. War at the best is terrible, and this of ours in its magnitude and duration is one of the most terrible the world has ever known. It has deranged business totally in many places, and perhaps in all. It has destroyed property, destroyed life, and ruined homes. It has produced a national debt and a degree of taxation unprecedented in the history of this country. It has caused mourning among us until the heavens may almost be said to be hung in black.

And yet it continues. It has had accompaniments not before known in the history of the world. I mean the Sanitary and Christian Commissions, with their labors for the relief of the soldiers, and the Volunteer Refreshment Saloons, understood better by those who hear me than by myself, and these fairs, first begun at Chicago and next held in Boston, Cincinnati, and other cities. The motive and object that lie at the bottom of them are worthy of the most that we can do for the soldier who goes to fight the battles of his country. From the fair and tender hand of women is much, very much, done for the soldier, continually reminding him of the care and thought for him at home. The knowledge that he is not forgotten is grateful to his heart. Another view of these institutions is worthy of thought. They are voluntary contributions, giving proof that the national resources are not at all exhausted, and that the national patriotism will sustain us through all. It is a pertinent question, When is this war to end? I do not wish to name the day when it will end, lest the end should not come at the given time. We accepted this war, and did not begin it. We accepted it for an object, and when that object is accomplished the war will end, and I hope to God that it will never end until that object is accomplished.

We are going through with our task, so far as I am concerned, if it takes us three years longer. I have not been in the habit of making predictions, but I am almost tempted now to hazard one. I will. It is, that Grant is this evening in a position, with Meade and Hancock, of Pennsylvania, whence he can never be dislodged by the enemy until Richmond is taken. If I shall discover that General Grant may be greatly facilitated in the capture of Richmond by rapidly pouring to him a large number of armed men at the briefest notice, will you go? Will you march on with him?

[Cries of "Yes, yes."]

Then I shall call upon you when it is necessary.

Lincoln Address at a Sanitary Fair in Philadelphia

You can almost hear Dr. Smith telling Penny Robinson "Stay away from Captain Kirk my dear, no good will come of it..." Danger Penny Robinson...




Oct 12, 802701: George Wells' time machine finally stops travelling forward. After saving Weena, and meeting the Eloi, he discovers the underground race known as Morlocks.




Funny how the Lieutenant Colonel's anecdote in his 2003 book is less interesting than his 2025 tweet...


Chosen stories from "memory" often later get the sensationalism treatment for a variety of (personal) reasons and much later become sea stories or myths to tell your grandchildren. Ah well, 'time' plays tricks on us all.


The irony here is off the charts. He was the face of every victim of 2 years of the purported IDF atrocities only to be killed by a Gazan militia days after a peace deal is reached with Israel. This cat finally ran out of lives.



- The Ultimate FAFO
- The Final FAFO
- He out FAFO'd even himself
- He FAFO'd till he could FAFO no more
- FAFO me once, shame on me. FAFO me 37 times...
Given his track record, he'll be resurrected tomorrow and start raising funds for the next best bandwagon war.


As if the bloated CDC in 2020 was somehow ready? Best news all week...


The fraud/waste/abuse part was gutted. Too bad we don't have a vax to rid the country of parasitical scum like liar Neil.


Daily AI slop...



AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job. AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations. Kinda like lead removal from older homes & schools, which is still ongoing to this day, believe it or not.